In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, presides over the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. Xi on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened a twice-a-decade national congress. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

In this Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, Communist Party delegates, including one in ethnic minority dress, participate in a group interview with the media on the sidelines of China's 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China's ruling Communist Party has been touting a new "Party Delegates' Corridor" as a rare opportunity for reporters to spontaneously raise questions to cadres and officials on the sidelines of a major congress as they pass by at the Great Hall of the People. But the stagecraft that goes into it becomes evident as soon as the speakers are rolled out one by one. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, exile Tibetans hold themselves together as policemen try to detain them during a protest near the Chinese embassy in New Delhi, India. Nearly two dozen members of the Tibetan Youth Congress on Wednesday protested opposing a second five-year term for Chinese President Xi Jinpin as the ruling Communist Party's congress meeting opened in Beijing. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

In thisTuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, Philippine troops return to their deployment after attending the ceremony where President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi city in southern Philippines after almost five months of the siege by pro-Islamic State group militants. Gunfire rang out sporadically and explosions thudded as Philippine soldiers fought Tuesday to gain control of the last pocket of Marawi controlled by Islamic militants as President Duterte declared the southern city liberated from "terrorist influence." (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, photo, Skytrain passengers dressed primarily in black come and go under black and white images in memory of the late King of Thailand at a station platform in Bangkok, Thailand. The muted colors of mourning have settled over Bangkok once again in recent weeks as the country marks a year since the death of its beloved monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and prepares for the national spectacle of his cremation next week. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

In this Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, file photo, South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team performs during the press day of the 2017 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, South Korea. South Korean and U.S. troops launched five days of naval drills on Monday, three days after North Korea renewed its threat to fire missiles near the American territory of Guam. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, file photo, Karen Aizha Hamidon, the widow of the leader of a militant band allegedly sympathetic to the Islamic State group, is seated in front of reporters during a news conference at the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said she recruited foreign fighters to the country and spread extremist propaganda. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

In this Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, people wade on a flooded road in Hanoi, Vietnam. Floods and landslides have killed dozens of people in Vietnam since a tropical depression hit the country earlier this week, in one of its worst natural disasters in years, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh, File)

In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, file photo, a Bangladesh border guard soldier stops newly arrived Rohingya Muslims, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, from moving ahead towards refugee camps, at Palong Khali, Bangladesh. Thousands more Rohingya Muslims are fleeing large-scale violence and persecution in Myanmar and crossing into Bangladesh, where more than half a million others are already living in squalid and overcrowded camps, according to witnesses and a drone video shot by the U.N. office for refugees. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

By The Associated Press

Oct. 21, 2017

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th national congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take on a more forceful role in society and economic development to better address "grim" challenges facing the country as he opened the twice-a-decade national congress.

In other images from the Asia-Pacific region this week, Philippine soldiers patrol on trucks after attending the ceremony where President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of southern Marawi city after almost five months of the siege by pro-Islamic State group militants.

Passengers dressed primarily in black come and go under black and white images in memory of the late king of Thailand at a station platform in Bangkok.

Roger Federer of Switzerland held up his trophy after defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain in their men's singles final match to win the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament at Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center.

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This gallery was curated by Associated Press photo editor Toru Takahashi in Tokyo.